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• • • AGENDA ITEM VI. B STAFF ORIGINATOR: Jeff Smyser P & Z MEETING DATE: April 13, 2005 TOPIC: Temporary Signage BACKGROUND A number of business owners attended the March 9 meeting and expressed some concerns regarding the regulation of signage. The P & Z asked that the business owners get together and present their preferences for the regulation of temporary signs. We received two sets of proposals. Both are attached. The P & Z had reached agreement on requirements for banners and portable signs (see attached). The two proposals received from separate business owners differ from these requirements. The P & Z will need to decide if it wants to reconsider the requirements for banners and portable signs. The P & Z agreed to recommend no regulation of window signs. There are other forms of temporary signage to address. These include pennants and the miscellaneous inexpensive cardboard and plastic signs often seen at retail businesses in the city. Signs in County Rights of Way: Staff contacted the Anoka County Highway Dept. to discuss the possibility of metal signs advertising several businesses, like the ones seen on freeways. Anoka County does not have such a sign program. The topic has come up and the County specifically decided not to pursue such a program. Even if the City were to request this type of signs, it is the County's policy not to allow them in County rights of way. The County does allow signs for public uses such as parks and public buildings, but not for advertising for private businesses. The only exception has been when access to a business is cut off by a County road project. Then, a sign might be put upgiving direction to the new access such as a frontage road. RECOMMENDATION Review the signage proposals submitted by business owners.